The names for numbers 11 and 12 are dissimilar to the names for the numbers 1 and 2 in:
A) all languages
B) English
C) Chinese
D) Eskimo

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In English, the names for numbers 11 and 12 (eleven and twelve) are different from the names for numbers 1 and 2 (one and two). In many other languages, the names for 11 and 12 are based on a combination of the words for 10 and 1 (such as "onze" and "douze" in French or "elf" and "zwölf" in German). Chinese also follows this pattern, with "eleven" and "twelve" being "十一" (ten-one) and "十二" (ten-two). Eskimo languages have a base-20 counting system, so the words for 11 and 12 are also based on a combination of the words for 10 and 1 or 2, but they are quite different from the English words.

The Names for Numbers 11 and 12 Are Dissimilar to the Names